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Webster 1913 Edition

Aquarium

A-qua′ri-um

Noun.

;

pl. E.

Aquariums

, L.

Aquaria

[L. See

Aquarius

Ewer

An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.

Definition 2024

Aquarium

See also: aquarium and aquàrium

German

Noun

Aquarium n ‎(genitive Aquariums, plural Aquarien)

aquarium

Declension

Declension of Aquarium

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Aquarium	die	Aquarien
genitive	eines	des	Aquariums	der	Aquarien
dative	einem	dem	Aquarium	den	Aquarien
accusative	ein	das	Aquarium	die	Aquarien

aquarium

See also: Aquarium and aquàrium

English

A public aquarium.

Noun

aquarium ‎(plural aquaria or aquariums)

A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.

Synonyms

(tank for keeping fish): fish tank (informal)

Usage notes

The plural aquaria is generally considered more formal than aquariums,

Translations

tank for keeping fish

Albanian: akuarium (sq) m
Arabic: حَوْض اَلسَّمَك m ‎(ḥawḍ as-samak), أَكْوَارِيُوم m ‎(ʾakwāriyum)
Armenian: ակվարիում (hy) ‎(akvarium)
Azeri: akvarium
Belarusian: аква́рыум m ‎(akváryum)
Bengali: অ্যাকোয়ারিয়াম ‎(ôyakoyariyam)
Bulgarian: аква́риум (bg) m ‎(akvárium)
Burmese:
Catalan: aquàrium m, aquari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 魚缸 (zh), 鱼缸 (zh) ‎(yúgāng)
Crimean Tatar: akvarium
Czech: akvárium (cs) n
Danish: akvarium (da) n
Dutch: aquarium (nl) n
Esperanto: akvario (eo)
Estonian: akvaarium
Finnish: akvaario (fi)
French: aquarium (fr) m
Georgian: აკვარიუმი ‎(aḳvariumi)
German: Aquarium (de) n
Greek: ενυδρείο (el) n ‎(enydreío)
Hebrew: אקווריום \ אַקְוַרְיוּם (he) m ‎(akvarium)
Hindi: जलजीवशाला ‎(jaljīvśālā)
Hungarian: akvárium (hu)
Icelandic: fiskabúr (is) n
Ido: aquario (io)
Indonesian: akuarium (id)
Italian: acquario (it) m
Japanese: (bowl-shaped) 金魚鉢 (ja) ‎(kingyobachi), 養魚鉢 ‎(yōgyobachi), (box-shaped) 水槽 (ja) ‎(suisō), アクアリウム ‎(akuariumu)
Kazakh: аквариум ‎(akvarïwm)
Khmer:
Korean: 수조 (ko) ‎(sujo), 아콰리움 ‎(akwarium)

Kyrgyz: аквариум (ky) ‎(akvarium)
Lao: ພິພິດທະພັນສັດນ້ຳ ‎(phi phit tha phan sat nam), ສວນສັດນ້ຳ ‎(sūan sat nam), ອ່າງປາ ‎('āng pā)
Latvian: akvārijs m
Lithuanian: akvariumas (lt) m
Macedonian: аквариум m ‎(akvarium)
Malay: akuarium
Mongolian: аквариум ‎(akvarium)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: akvarium (no) n

Nynorsk: akvarium n
Persian: آبزیدان (fa) ‎(âbzidân), آکواریوم (fa) ‎(âkvâryum)
Polish: akwarium (pl) n
Portuguese: aquário (pt) m
Romanian: acvariu (ro) n
Russian: аква́риум (ru) m ‎(akvárium)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: акваријум m, аквариј m

Roman: akvarijum m, akvarij (sh) m
Slovak: akvárium n
Slovene: akvarij (sl) m inan
Spanish: acuario (es) m, pecera f
Swedish: akvarium (sv) n
Tagalog: pabiyay, isdaan
Tajik: аквариум ‎(akvarium), обзидон ‎(obzidon)
Thai: ตู้ปลา ‎(dtûu-bplaa)
Turkish: (box-shaped) akvaryum (tr), (bowl-shaped) fanus (tr)
Turkmen: akwarium (tk)
Ukrainian: аква́ріум (uk) m ‎(akvárium)
Urdu: مچھلی گھر m ‎(maćhlī ghar)
Uzbek: akvarium (uz)
Vietnamese: bể nuôi
Volapük: fitavatiär
Yiddish: אַקוואַריום ‎(akvaryum)

public place where live fish are exhibited

Arabic: حَوْض اَلسَّمَك m ‎(ḥawḍ as-samak)
Catalan: aquàrium m, aquari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水族館 (zh), 水族馆 (zh) ‎(shuǐzúguǎn)
Finnish: akvaario (fi)
French: aquarium (fr) m
German: Aquarium (de) n
Greek: ενυδρείο (el) n ‎(enydreío)
Italian: acquario (it) m
Japanese: 水族館 (ja) ‎(suizokukan), アクアリウム ‎(akuariumu)
Korean: 수족관 (ko) ‎(sujokgwan) (水族館 (ko)), 아콰리움 ‎(akwarium)
Malay: akuarium
Norwegian:

Bokmål: akvarium (no) n

Nynorsk: akvarium n

Portuguese: aquário (pt) m
Romanian: acvariu (ro) n
Russian: аква́риум (ru) m ‎(akvárium)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: акваријум m, аквариј m

Roman: akvarijum m, akvarij (sh) m
Spanish: acuario (es) m
Swedish: akvarium (sv) n
Tagalog: pabiyay, isdaan
Thai: อควอเรี่ยม
Volapük: fitemavatiäröp

Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: aqua‧ri‧um

Etymology

From Latin aqua 'water' +‎ -arium

Noun

aquarium n ‎(plural aquaria or aquariums, diminutive aquariumpje n)

aquarium

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin aquārium. Doublet of évier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.kwa.ʁjɔm/
Homophone: aquariums

Noun

aquarium m ‎(plural aquariums)

aquarium.

Latin

Adjective

aquārium

nominative neuter singular of aquārius

References

AQUARIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Webster 1913 Edition

Aquarium

A-qua′ri-um

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Aquarium

Aquarium

German

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aquarium

aquarium

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